Adrian Kukofka

Progresja S.A. specializes in Additive Manufacturing (LPBF) services for the aerospace, aviation, and chemical industries. The company offers comprehensive post-processing capabilities - including CNC machining, EDM, HIP, welding, PVD, and heat treatment - as well as advanced quality control techniques such as SEM, CT, CMM, EBSD, mechanical testing, and space-specific evaluations (e.g., outgassing and helium leak testing). The team includes three PhD-level experts in additive manufacturing. Progresja’s dedicated subsidiary, Progresja New Materials has developed a proprietary technology for converting solid-state titanium scrap into spherical powders suitable for LPBF. Projects and Expertise: ESA Projects: o Study on metal parts additive manufacturing in simulated space conditions o Development of metal Selective Laser Melting technology for microgravity environments using colloid-like feedstock (project budgets: €200k and €175k respectively) • Upcoming ESA projects: o Complex shape additively manufactured heat pipes o Advanced manufacturing of the thrust chamber for nitrous oxide-based propulsion • M-ERA.NET Projects: o Powder feedstock production and 3D printing of refractory metals and alloys for aerospace applications o Additive manufacturing and projected parts using recycled powder from scraps • National R&D Projects (budget: €1.2–1.3M), executed by Progresja New Materials: o Development and optimization of a powder production process for additive manufacturing technologies using production waste as feedstock o Modified light alloy powders as a new feedstock for additive manufacturing technologies These projects are now forming the basis of the Progresja R&D Team. • Delivery of AM parts for propulsion systems and chemical process environments